UPDATE: Adivsory for mosquito-borne West Nile virus

9:51 PM,
Sep. 3, 2012

Written by

Pacific Daily News

Department of Public Health and Social Services is alerting the public that an outbreak of West Nile virus was confirmed by health authorities in the United States. The recent West Nile virus outbreak is the largest ever seen in the United States according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To date, there is no evidence that the disease is being spread on Guam.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about four out of five people who contract West Nile virus through the bite of an infected mosquito have no symptoms.